Well the Blind Auditions of The Voice of Ireland are officially over...done and dusted...finito. The teams are officially full and each coach has 12 acts to coach for next week's Battle Rounds. Bressie was the first to pick all of his 12 acts and he spoke to Ryan this morning about all the goings on behind the scenes of the show. Aisling McCabe joined the boys on the line to chat about the show and Bressie's growing popularity with the ladies.
We're off to the Muppets Movie tonight with an army of Tubridy listeners - Sylvia was one of the lucky winners of our competition and she giddily spoke to Ryan about the premiere tonight. Sylvia works in admin in Network Ireland - they're distributing the recent Oscar nominated short film 'Pentecost'. She says that Emer O'Kane and Peter McDonald are heading out for the nominees lunch this week and that 6 month pregnant Emer is still searching for her Oscar dress!
Our resident clinical psychologist and parenting expert David Coleman joined Ryan in studio this morning with advice for toddlers, teens and families. He also spoke about Ryan's interview with Brent Pope on Friday and the response we got to his admission of anxiety and fears of commitment which have had a major impact on his life.
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Mary got in touch seeking advice on how to deal with anxiety and lack of confidence in her 8 year old boy. A very clever and gifted boy, he cannot see this himself. His peers are very competitive which doesn't help. Mary is worried that his anxiety will continue if not dealt with now.
Tom Pollard chatted to Ryan about why he decided to get a campaign going to fly our national flag to try boosting our moods and putting some colour into our day to day lives. The main idea is to get us all together in communities, offices, apartment blocks, business premises and streets to put some colour out there and to remind our Government and visitors to Ireland that we may be in the bad news sections of the media but we are in no way down, out or disheartened as a nation of people. Check out the page 'Fly A Flag For Ireland' on Facebook for more info!
Kevin O'Boyle got in touch after hearing us talk about the Muppets this morning - he worked with Jim Hensons's Creature Shop for 13 years in Hampstead. He created the Ghost of Christmas Future for A Muppet's Christmas Carol but says it was a terrible job! It was shot in a tank with liquid paraffin. Kevin is now designing for an Irish-speaking children's show and spoke to Ryan from Ardmore Studios.